COTTON

Made by Erica Whitcomb and Trevor Johnson

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WHERE IN THE WORLD Leaders in cotton growing it

China, India and the United States.

The United States is ideal for cotton growing. I

n the Us North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.

It is mostly grown in the south Takes 27 weeks till harvest

WHERE AND HOW COTTON IS USED

Cotton is the most widely used fiber

Cotton is soft, strong, and absorbent

Used for bed sheets, carpets, and clothing.

There is more than thirty types of cotton

It’s been used more than thousands of years

Most is made by water powered machines

Cotton can hold water

SHARE CROPS

Most cotton farms grown by the blacks in the nineteen thirty's where sharecrop owners

THORNS

When slaves would pick the cotton crops they would be out there for day

The cotton crops have needle all over the stem

NATIVE AMERICANS

Cotton was grown by the Native Americans in the 1500’s

DISEASES

FALLS IS FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES

o Seedling diseaseso Wilto Blighto rot

HOW MADE

Cotton can be put into bales of 500lb

Made in factories

SAVORY

They used savory to pick the crops

Clean the crops Work the crop Pick the crops

Made by Erica Whitcomb and Trevor Johnson

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